Discovery BoxJeremiah 44:4 
Context44:4 I sent my servants the prophets to you people over and over 1 again warning you not to do this disgusting thing I hate. 2
Jeremiah 4:1
Context4:1 “If you, Israel, want to come back,” says the Lord,
“if you want to come back to me 3
you must get those disgusting idols 4 out of my sight
and must no longer go astray. 5
Jeremiah 7:30
Context7:30 The Lord says, “I have rejected them because 6 the people of Judah have done what I consider evil. 7 They have set up their disgusting idols in the temple 8 which I have claimed for my own 9 and have defiled it.
Jeremiah 23:13
Context23:13 The Lord says, 10 “I saw the prophets of Samaria 11
doing something that was disgusting. 12
They prophesied in the name of the god Baal
and led my people Israel astray. 13
1 tn See 7:13 for an explanation of this idiom and compare 7:25; 25:4; 26:5; 29:19; 35:15 for similar references to the persistent warnings of the prophets.
2 tn Heb “sent…over again, saying, ‘Do not do this terrible thing that I hate.’” The indirect quote has been used to shorten the sentence and eliminate one level of embedded quotes.
sn This refers to the worship of other gods mentioned in the previous verse.
3 tn Or “If you, Israel, want to turn [away from your shameful ways (those described in 3:23-25)]…then you must turn back to me.” Or perhaps, “Israel, you must turn back…Yes, you must turn back to me.”
4 tn Heb “disgusting things.”
5 tn Or possibly, “If you get those disgusting idols out of my sight, you will not need to flee.” This is less probable because the normal meaning of the last verb is “to wander,” “ to stray.”
6 tn The words “I have rejected them” are not in the Hebrew text, which merely says “because.” These words are supplied in the translation to show more clearly the connection to the preceding.
7 tn Heb “have done the evil in my eyes.”
8 sn Compare, e.g., 2 Kgs 21:3, 5, 7; 23:4, 6; Ezek 8:3, 5, 10-12, 16. Manasseh had desecrated the temple by building altars, cult symbols, and idols in it. Josiah had purged the temple of these pagan elements. But it is obvious from both Jeremiah and Ezekiel that they had been replaced shortly after Josiah’s death. They were a primary cause of Judah’s guilt and punishment (see beside this passage, 19:5; 32:34-35).
9 tn Heb “the house which is called by my name.” Cf. 7:10, 11, 14 and see the translator’s note 7:10 for the explanation for this rendering.
10 tn The words “The
11 map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.
12 tn According to BDB 1074 s.v. תִּפְלָּה this word means “unseemly, unsavory.” The related adjective is used in Job 6:6 of the tastelessness of something that is unseasoned.
13 tn Heb “by Baal.”
sn Prophesying in the name of the god Baal was a clear violation of Mosaic law and punishable by death (see Deut 13:1-5). For an example of the apostasy encouraged by prophets of Baal in the northern kingdom of Israel see 1 Kgs 18:16-40.
